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Growing Agriculture Literacy’S Presence In America’S Classrooms, Emily Stone
Growing Agriculture Literacy’S Presence In America’S Classrooms, Emily Stone
Journal of Food Law & Policy
“Americans, as a whole, were at least two generations removed from the farm and did not understand even the most rudimentary of processes, challenges, and risks that farmers and the agricultural industry worked with and met head-on every day.” This quote perfectly describes the mindset of agriculture stakeholders in 1981 as they began to realize the drastic steps our education system had taken away from using principles of agriculture in K-12 education. As they saw it, Americans were moving out of rural America, away from farms, and becoming less connected to the food they daily consumed. Simultaneously, the education system …
Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days
Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days
Farming in Arkansas
As part of a special interest column, the Mammoth Spring Democrat often ran old photos. This article depicts horse and mule drawn wagons hauling five cotton bales each from a farm in Camp, Arkansas to a cotton gin in Mammoth Spring for processing.
Postcard, Two Men In Cow-Drawn Wagon
Postcard, Two Men In Cow-Drawn Wagon
Farming in Arkansas
A picture postcard with two unidentified men in a cow-drawn cart on one side and a message to T.H. Raney on the back.
Jane Justus Richardson Feeding The Hogs
Jane Justus Richardson Feeding The Hogs
Farming in Arkansas
Black and white photograph of Jane Justus Richardson feeding hogs in a barnyard.
Grandpa's Cultivator
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a cultivator hooked to an older model tractor.
Farmer Preparing Fields
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a farmer on his tractor working a field in autumn.
Osborne, Ethan - Covid-19 Journal, Ethan Osborne
Osborne, Ethan - Covid-19 Journal, Ethan Osborne
Personal Journals
EIU student Ethan Osborne recounts in detail the experience and frustration of living at home and working on his family farm in the early months of the pandemic, March-May 2020. He also details his observations of and feelings about the news coverage of the pandemic as well as the disregard (particularly by young people) for shelter in place mandates.
Watson, Betty Lou (Fa 959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watson, Betty Lou (Fa 959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 959. Paper titled: “Under the Waves.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the valley and its farm life to be flooded by the Green River Reservoir in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, illustrations, and photos of the area.
Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 388. Papers: "Bob Fleming: A Life History" written by Scott Elrod and "An Incomplete Life History of One Kentucky Sharecropper" written by Kevin Ming for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Farm Truck And Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of a flat bed Chevy truck, a large oak tree, and an old barn in the Ozarks.
Ford 600 Tractor
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of a 50-year-old Ford 600 model tractor.
Abandoned Farm Truck
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of an old, flat-bed Ford truck left abandoned in the woods next to an old, long-unused outhouse.
Barn, Windmill, And Silo
Farming in Arkansas
Color image of a grain silo standing tall next to a red barn and windmill.
Cattle Grazing On A Hillside
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a herd of cattle grazing on a hillside on a sunny day.
Log Barn Interior
Farming in Arkansas
A color interior shot of an unidentified log barn with an old wagon, no longer in use.
Hipped Roof Red Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of an old unidentified red barn with a hipped roof and original fencing around the barnyard.
Three Barns And An Oak
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of three red barns sitting by an impressive oak tree down a dirt road.
Interview With Robert Howard "Bob" Fleming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Robert Howard "Bob" Fleming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Robert Howard Fleming conducted by Kevin Ming on 11 April 1993. From folk studies student project concerning the lifeways of tenant farmers in Logan County, Kentucky.
Interview With Robert Howard "Bob" Fleming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Robert Howard "Bob" Fleming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Robert Howard Fleming conducted by Scott Elrod and Kevin Ming on 2 April 1993. From folk studies student project concerning the lifeways of tenant farmers in Logan County, Kentucky.
Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Craig Allen Smith conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 3 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.
Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with William M. Cecil conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 1 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.
Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 107. Farming folklore. Interviews, November 1, 3, 1989, with William M. Cecil and Craig Allen Smith concerning farm occupational lore and duties. Includes paper discussing collector's fieldwork experiences.
Plowed Field And Abandoned House
Plowed Field And Abandoned House
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a field that's been prepared for planting cotton with an abandoned farm house and collapsed building in the background.
Winter Moon Over Cotton Field
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a full moon over an old church and a cotton field during winter.
Cotton Harvest
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of a cotton farmer clearing the harvesting equipment of the gathered raw cotton.
Red House And Cotton
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of nearly ready to harvest cotton fields surrounding an unidentified red farm house.
Powhatan Courthouse And Log Building
Powhatan Courthouse And Log Building
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of the Powhatan Courthouse and the Imboden-Ficklin log house with a garden in the foreground. The photograph was taken before the log house was restored.
Watering Tub By The Old Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of an old bathtub being repurposed as a watering trough in front of an old wooden barn.
Soybean Field At Sunset
Farming in Arkansas
A picturesque landscape photograph of a soybean field at sunset.